DMTi
22
Modular Digital Multitrack to AES/EBU
(including Pro Tools)
Application
Moving tracks back and forth between a modular digital multitrack tape
recorder and one or more AES/EBU devices. Examples:
• Dumping tracks from MDM to DAT, and perhaps changing the sample rate
in the process.
• Bouncing tracks through a digital signal processor and re-recording them in
real time.
• Transferring tracks from digital multitrack tape to a hard-disk audio system
for on-disk processing, and then transferring them back to tape.
• Sampling tracks from a modular digital multitrack into a K2500 at a rate
other than the KDS bus’s 48 kHz.
What you need
• The
DMTi
must have an ADAT or DA-88 (TDIF-1) option.
• AES/EBU (XLR, AES/EBU-to-S/PDIF, or optical) cable(s).
Hookup
• Connect the modular digital multitrack recorder to the
DMTi
using the
cable(s) provided with the recorder for connecting two decks together: one
25-pin “D” cable for a DA-88; one optical and one sync cable for an ADAT’s
input and a similar pair for output.
• Connect AES/EBU cables from the
DMTi
’s
AES
outputs to the AES/EBU
inputs you want to use.
• If you want to route signals back to the modular digital multitrack for
bouncing or re-recording, connect cables from the AES/EBU device’s
output(s) to the
AES1
and/or
AES2
inputs on the
DMTi
. Note that you can
only connect two pairs of channels at a time this way.
• If you want to use an external source of word clock as the sync master,
connect that source to the
DMTi
’s
Word Clock In
put. Also connect the clock
source to the modular digital multitrack’s word clock input.
• You must use the modular digital multitrack as the sync master if you are
overdubbing tracks onto it (see below).
Settings
• Set the Destination knobs to
MDM
,
AES1
, or
AES2
, depending on how you
want the signals to be routed.